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I have always wondered what it means.
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Pi Lamp. Shape of the tube = Greek letter Π (Pi)
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Pi Lamp. Shape of the tube = Greek letter Π (Pi)
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I thought it meant pholded lamp ![Cool 8)](/Smileys/default/cool.gif)
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I’m guessing it stands for plug-in lamp.
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I’m guessing it stands for plug-in lamp.
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Philips is the first manufacturer to use the term PL for their external ballasted CFLs.
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I only working with the international date format (dd.mm.yyyy).
I lives in Israel, which is a 220-240V, 50hz country.
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Ash is right, the original name for this was "Pi-Lighting", inspired by the shape of the two parallel tubes connected by a top bridge. I have never seen an official confirmation though for what "SL" meant for the equivalent range of self-ballasted CFLs of Philips. I suspect that was just Dutch for Sparlamp = energy saving lamp.
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